J HEWLETT-PACKARD www.hp.com/go/DPS-Industrial Model Colors Web Width (in.) Image Width (in.) Indigo ws4000 4-6 13 12 Write 464 on Reader Service Form, See Ad p. 33 J Mark Andy Visit www.markandy.com Model Web Width (in.) Colors DT Series 13 N/A Write 465 on Reader Service Form, See Ad p. 35 and 65 Nilpeter Inc. Visit www.nilpeter.com Model Colors Width (in.) Speed (fpm) DL3300 5 13 45 Write 466 on Reader Service Form Xeikon America
DuPont Packaging Graphics’ portfolio of products includes Cyrel brand photopolymer plates (analog and digital), Cyrel platemaking equipment, Cyrel round sleeves, Cyrel plate mounting systems, and the Cyrel FAST thermal platemaking system. Analog plates include the durable Cyrel EXL low durometer capped plate; Cyrel HIQS for very fine screen and line work; and the Cyrel NOW flexible plate for fine halftone, line, screen, and sold printing. The company describes its DuPont Cyrel round Classic and Cyrel round Thin as “a complete digital sleeve production solution” consisting of a family of ready-to-image printing sleeves supported by complementary equipment for UV exposure, processing, drying, and finishing. From
When it comes to flexo plates, there’s just one evolving story to tell. It concerns the growth in computer-to-plate (CTP) technology, including its slow-growing acceptance among flexo trade shops, many of which remain skeptical that digital imaging technology has all that much to offer them—yet. Historically, the biggest disadvantage of flexo plates, especially when compared with the litho variety, has been quality, and this perceived disadvantage is largely responsible for the rapid development in CTP flexo. In fact, these developments have resulted in a quality advantage for image reproduction with digital dots vs. film-plate dots. There are dissenters, however. The future may
HILTON HEAD, S.C.—Time's running out to book a spot at Pira's first U.S. Future of Labeling conference. The inaugural conference will take place on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at the Crowne Plaza Hilton Head in Hilton Head, S.C. Packaging is becoming as important as the product it contains. With competition in global markets heating up, packaging is now considered critical to the success or failure of a brand. Not only does packaging need to protect, inform and promote, it is increasingly being used to add value through diagnostics and logistics. Labels are gaining popularity fast as brand owners and converters realize their advantages
ATLANTA—After a 6 week evaluation of competitive thermal processing systems, Ling Industries, Warwick, Quebec, Canada, a Rock-Tenn company, Norcross, GA, has selected MacDermid Printing Solutions' LAVA Thermal Plate Processor for their platemaking system. Daniel Hern, Flexo Operation Manager at Ling, said "We put these two systems through some pretty rigorous evaluation, and the performance of the LAVA system coupled with the professional service and support of the MacDermid team, gave us exactly what we needed: a high productivity platemaking operation." Colleen Twomey, Product Line Manager for MacDermid, said "we are very pleased with our success at Ling, LAVA has been in development for a
RESTON, Va.—NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies elected a new chairman of its board as well as a new director at its Annual Conference October 9 in Key Biscayne, Florida. The new chairman is Thomas Saggiomo, President of Agfa Corporation's Graphic Systems business in North America. He was elected to the NPES board in 1998, and is the 26th chief executive officer elected to the chairman's post in the Association's 72-year history. Saggiomo was elected to a one-year term expiring at the 2006 NPES Annual Conference. He succeeds Kathryn P. Marx, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for
PRINT 05 & CONVERTING 05 drew an international audience to the Windy City for a week of new technology demonstrations. THE STATISTICS ARE in from the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC). PRINT 05 & CONVERTING 05, held last month in Chicago, was a big success by many of the reported metrics. Attendance was in the neighborhood of 62,000. The number of exhibitors, 954, was up from the 893 at the last PRINT show in 2001. The international flavor of the show was demonstrated by the more than 7,200 international attendees from 99 countries, up from 75 in 2001. Clearly, the show had the
SANTA FE, N.M.—NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies elected four new members of the board of directors at its spring meeting April 21-23 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The new directors are Gary Dolgins, Chief Executive Officer of Citiplate, Inc.; Patricia Janssen, Senior Vice President of MacDermid Printing Solutions; Robert Stabler, President of Nipson North America, and Wayne Wasulko, President and Founder of RIPit Computer Corporation. Dolgins' business career spans more than 30 years in sales and marketing with leading graphic communications companies. Prior to joining Citiplate, he was Principal of The Dolgins Consulting Group and served on the board
AGFA Offers the Thermostar P970-ideal for VLF applications-and the Thermostar P971 thermal imaging plate. Write 207, Visit www.agfa.com, ANDERSON & VREELAND Offers digital prepress systems and conventional photopolymer processors and plate mounters. Platemaking materials include a range of solvent and water-wash sheet photopolymer, liquid photopolymer, rubber compounds, matrix and accessories. Write 208, Visit www. andersonvreeland.com BETA INDUSTRIES The Betaflex 334 Flexo Plate Analyzer eliminates bad plates early in production cycle. Measures flexo plates, negatives, proofs, prints for true dot area, ruling, dot quality. Write 209, Visit www.betascreen.com BPS Printing Systems Offers state-of-the-art nyloflex® and nyloprint® brand photopolymer printing plates for printing
Just when it seems like inkjet has reached its pinnacle of capabilities, innovations in the printing technology open new markets. INKJET PRINTING IS not the first thing most printers think of when they wake up in the morning. Inkjet's most common use in packaging is coding and marking—the least of printers' worries. But times are changing and so is inkjet technology, which may one day soon, play a much larger part in the printing of packaging materials. Currently, inkjet printing has many benefits to boot. It prints very high resolution, up to 4,800 dpi, said Mark Strobel, vice president, sales and marketing, Primera Technology,
